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E-6B Mercury planes are designed to act as airborne command posts in the event of a nuclear war, ensuring the U.S. government can retain control of its nuclear forces after a nuclear strike.


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Military Aviation The Boeing E-6 Mercury: America's Flying Nuclear Command Center By Mark Finlay and Molly Russell Updated Oct 25, 2023 At almost 35 years old, the US Navy's E-6B Mercury continues to serve as an airborne command center for its nuclear arsenal. Photo: US Navy Summary


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E-6B Mercury The E-6B is a Communications Relay and Strategic Airborne Command Post Aircraft It provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne command, control and communications between the national command authority and U.S. strategic and non-strategic forces.


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The first E-6B Mercury arrived at Northrop Grumman Corporation's Aircraft Maintenance and Fabrication Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana for Block II modification earlier this month. Naval News Staff 03 Jun 2022 U.S. Navy press release


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The E-6B Mercury is a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. It executes the TACAMO mission, connecting the president and secretary of defense with naval ballistic missile forces during times of crisis, and the Looking Glass mission, which facilitates the launch of U.S. land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles.


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Northrop Grumman successfully delivers the first E-6B Mercury Aircraft under the IMMC back to the Navy in record time. Northrop Grumman's technology-infused approach to modernization completed the first modification effort in approximately one year, clearing a path to reducing the span of future modifications to six months..


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The E-6B Mercury that executes the "Take Charge And Move Out" (TACAMO) mission for America's sprawling nuclear apparatus, basically delivering commands from the National Command Authority that.


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The US Navy's 16 Boeing E-6B Mercury aircraft earned their nickname because of their mission set, which includes transmitting Emergency Action Messages (EAM) to US strategic nuclear forces - bombers, silo-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and taking command, if required, in the ev.


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The Boeing E-6 Mercury (formerly Hermes) is an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707-300. The original E-6A manufactured by Boeing's defense division entered service with the United States Navy in July 1989, replacing the EC-130Q.


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NAVAIR News Navy accepts upgraded E-6B Mercury, delivering enhanced capabilities to the fleet Members of the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman Corp. in Lake Charles, Louisiana, with the first E-6B.


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The E-6B Mercury is a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. It provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications.


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Naval News Staff 26 Jun 2023 NAVAIR press release The upgrade supports the Navy's nuclear deterrence mission, ensuring the president, secretary of defense and U.S. Strategic Command remain connected to the U.S. nuclear arsenal in a worst-case scenario.


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WASHINGTON โ€” The Navy has accepted the first upgraded E-6B Mercury, the aircraft responsible maintaining the lines of communication between the president and the nuclear submarine fleet during.


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Feb 3, 2022 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The E-6B Mercury provides an important link in the nation's strategic nuclear deterrence. It allows survivable communication between.


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News | Sept. 7, 2023 Navy Accepts Upgraded E-6B Mercury, Delivering Enhanced Capabilities to the Fleet LAKE CHARLES, La. - The U.S. Navy in June accepted the first E-6B Mercury upgraded by.


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The E-6B Mercury is a communications relay and strategic airborne command post aircraft. It provides survivable, reliable, and endurable airborne Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3.